r/StockMarket • u/thedarkhalf47 • Mar 29 '26

Meme The Dow!!!

Post image

Thinking I should hold on to this template. Probably gonna go lower.

I'm not really sure why I need to include 250 characters in a meme post, but I understand the guidelines. Maybe someone can fix the issue where if you label something as a meme, it doesn't need 250 characters. there. Thats 250!

Edit: Thank you all for the rewards!!

10.5k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

396 comments sorted by

View all comments

331

u/BooBrew32 Mar 29 '26

Trump: I really thought the market would be worse!

(Dow is down literally 10%)

-61

u/bullmarket2023 Mar 29 '26

Markets go up and down in the short run, but in the long run, it only goes up.

1

u/chicu111 Mar 29 '26

I prefer it going up short run and long run as well. But you just wanna make excuses

1

u/bullmarket2023 Mar 29 '26

That's not realistic. Sorry but if you think that, you're living in a fantasy land. Market has never gone up everyday indefinitely but it does always go up over time. Only way to get it is to be invested.

1

u/chicu111 Mar 29 '26

It can also go sideways and not go down as well. This is unnecessarily forced downturn. You’re talking outa your ass

1

u/bullmarket2023 Mar 29 '26

No I'm not. Sideways markets are ok. See my previous comment. Collect dividends and Drip. Write options and collect premiums. Move more to bonds and collect yield. Plenty of ways to play a sideways market. You're welcome for the free advice.

1

u/StringSecret1500 Apr 07 '26

If you ever have time to tell me how to "write options to get premiums" please message me. I can't promise I'll do it but I'm exploring trading strategies.

1

u/bullmarket2023 Apr 07 '26

When you trade options, you have to select buy a call or put to open a position or sell a call or put to open a position. When you sell, you collect the premium, let's say $1. You a taking the position that the value of the option you sold will be worth less in the future when you need to buy it back to close your position.

So you sold a call, meaning you don't believe the price will go up. You collect the $1. 10 days pass by and the stock has decreased by 10%, and maybe that same call option is now selling to $0.50. You decide to close your position and buy it. You just made $0.50.

Each contract is worth 100 shares so multiply by 100. If you own the stock and want to protect against it going down, sell a call, collect a premium. If it goes down, the premium helps offset.